Meet three different cotton growing family operations that have applied the 6 steps for success for revegetation in cotton landscapes.
The Watson Family, Boggabri NSW
Michael Naylor is an irrigation consultant based in the Murrumbidgee. In this case study, Mike steps through the process for considering irrigation design and provides an example for changing from siphons and rotabucks to an automated “Pontoon” Large Pipe Through the Bank (LPTB).
Chief Research Scientist and Digital Innovation Research Group Lead with CSIRO Agriculture and food, Dr Peter Thorburn is working on the CRDC-funded 'De-risking nitrogen (N) management in cotton farming systems' project.
Maggie Campbell-Jones is a Research Assistant at the University of the Sunshine Coast who is supporting the acoustic monitoring work of Professor Stuart Parsons.
Find out more about Maggie's incredible research past that landed her in the cotton industry.
Professor Stuart Parsons is leading research that's using animal acoustics to monitor biodiversity on cotton farms.
Find out more about his work and how he got into cotton research in this CottonInfo Researcher Profile.
In this Grower Case Study, find out more about the farm team at "Norwood" near Moree, that undertook siphon to bay and rollover bankless irrigation conversion.
Eric Koetz is the Weed Management Technical Lead with CottonInfo and is a member of the Herbicide Technical Panel.
Chantal Corish is a PhD candidate from Central Queensland University supported by CRDC.
Chantal's PhD project is about understanding the role of psychological safety on learning and performance behavious among cotton farmer leaders and employees.
Gerardo is a PhD. student from Deakin University who is investigating the interaction between bankless channel irrigation and nitrogen management for better information on water and NUE factors.
Learn more about him and his work in this researcher profile.